diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3cff13e..7d5ae56 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ PAPEROPT_a4     = -D latex_paper_size=a4
 PAPEROPT_letter = -D latex_paper_size=letter
 ALLSPHINXOPTS   = -d $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees $(PAPEROPT_$(PAPER)) $(SPHINXOPTS) source
 
-.PHONY: help clean html dirhtml singlehtml pickle json htmlhelp epub latex latexpdf text man changes linkcheck doctest
+CONDA_DIR       = build/conda
+CONDA_ENV_FILE  = environment.yml
+
+.PHONY: help clean html dirhtml singlehtml pickle json htmlhelp epub latex latexpdf text man changes linkcheck doctest env
 
 help:
 	@echo "Please use \`make <target>' where <target> is one of"
@@ -31,6 +34,7 @@ help:
 	@echo "  changes    to make an overview of all changed/added/deprecated items"
 	@echo "  linkcheck  to check all external links for integrity"
 	@echo "  doctest    to run all doctests embedded in the documentation (if enabled)"
+	@echo "  env        to create a conda environment with the needed packages"
 
 clean:
 	-rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)/*
@@ -111,3 +115,14 @@ doctest:
 	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b doctest $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/doctest
 	@echo "Testing of doctests in the sources finished, look at the " \
 	      "results in $(BUILDDIR)/doctest/output.txt."
+
+env:
+	@rm -rf $(CONDA_DIR)
+	@mkdir -p $(BUILDDIR) && mkdir -p $(CONDA_DIR)
+	@wget https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh\
+		-O $(CONDA_DIR)/miniconda.sh
+	@bash $(CONDA_DIR)/miniconda.sh -f -b -p  $(CONDA_DIR) > /dev/null &&\
+		echo "Conda environment created successfully..."
+	@./$(CONDA_DIR)/bin/conda env create -q -f $(CONDA_ENV_FILE) > /dev/null &&\
+		echo "Conda packages installed successfully..."
+	@echo "To use conda environment type:\nsource enter-env.sh"
diff --git a/enter-env.sh b/enter-env.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed45947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/enter-env.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ ! -n "${BASH_VERSION}" ]; then
+    echo "This script has to be sourced in bash!"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+[[ "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" != "${0}" ]] && SOURCED=1 || SOURCED=0
+if [ ${SOURCED} == 0 ]; then
+    echo "This script has to be sourced!"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+CONDA_DIR=${PWD}/build/conda
+CONDA_DIR_NAME=SymbiFlow-docs
+
+export PATH="${CONDA_DIR}/bin:$PATH"
+
+# Use Conda hook for user shell
+SHELL_NAME=`basename $SHELL`
+CONDA_HOOK_COMMAND="${CONDA_DIR}/bin/conda shell.${SHELL_NAME} hook"
+eval "$(${CONDA_HOOK_COMMAND})"
+
+conda activate ${CONDA_DIR_NAME}
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1260116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+name: SymbiFlow-docs
+channels:
+  - symbiflow
+  - conda-forge
+  - defaults
+dependencies:
+  - pip
+  - pip:
+    - -r file:requirements.txt
diff --git a/readthedocs.yml b/readthedocs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3db5256
--- /dev/null
+++ b/readthedocs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# .readthedocs.yml
+# Read the Docs configuration file
+# See https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/config-file/v2.html for details
+
+# Required
+version: 2
+
+# Build documentation in the docs/ directory with Sphinx
+sphinx:
+  configuration: source/conf.py
+
+# Optionally build your docs in additional formats such as PDF and ePub
+formats: []
+
+# Optionally set the version of Python and requirements required to build your docs
+python:
+  version: 3.7
+
+conda:
+  environment: environment.yml
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f7489fc..fe3f55c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-Sphinx
+Sphinx==2.0.0
 git+http://github.com/SymbiFlow/sphinx_materialdesign_theme.git@master#egg=sphinx_symbiflow_theme
 sphinx-markdown-tables